Design and Fabrication of a Piezo Actuated Flapping Mechanism for a Micro Aerial Vehicle

Authors

  • Nandujith P.J Department of Aerospace Engineering, Amity Institute of Space Science and Technology, Amity University, Noida
  • Vasantha Kumari K.G Center for Materials for Electronics Technology(C-MET), Thrissur, Kerela, India
  • Sushanth S.
  • Blesson K
  • M.S. Prasad
  • N. Raghu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37591/.v7i1.461

Abstract

The main purpose of this work was to spear head research and development in Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) especially in the development small flapping wing systems which can greatly be used for defense as well as surveillance purposes. This project focused on the development of a flapping wing mechanism with a wing span of just 3 cm using a piezoelectric bimorph actuator.

Keywords: Micro Aerial Vehicles, MAV, Piezoelectric, Bimorph, Actuator, Flapping wing system

Cite this Article

Nandujith P.J., Vasantha Kumari K.G., Sushanth S., Blesson K., M.S. Prasad N. Raghu.Design and Fabrication of a Piezo Actuated Flapping Mechanism for a Micro Aerial Vehicle. Journal of Aerospace Engineering and Technology. 2017; 7(1): 28–33p.

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Published

2019-04-18

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017)

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